Early Slavery
True or False – Europeans invented slavery.
False
This European country was one of the first to transport enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
Portugal
List three conditions during the voyage that led to the deaths of many enslaved Africans?
Disease, starvation, and abuse
The Atlantic slave trade caused a loss of millions of people from this continent.
Africa
What shape was the transatlantic slave trade route?
A Triangle
Traders from this region took enslaved people from North and East Africa long before the Atlantic slave trade
Arab Traders
This was the main reason Europeans enslaved Africans in the New World
To work on plantations
Enslaved people were often kept in this part of the ship during the journey.
The hold
What happened between African Kingdoms because of the slave trade?
More wars and raids
Europe traded guns, cloth, and metal items to Africa — what were these called?
Manufactured goods
Name two places where slavery existed long before Europeans arrived
Africa and the Middle East
Spanish and Portuguese colonists used enslaved Africans to replace this group in the Americas.
Indigenous peoples
What is the approximate percentage of enslaved Africans who died during the Middle Passage.
15 to 20%
Who was often targeted in slave raids?
Young, able-bodied men and women
Which leg of the triangular trade took enslaved Africans to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
Enslaved people mainly came from this part of Africa
West Central Africa
Name three crops grown in the Americas that drove demand for enslaved labor
Sugar, Tobacco, and cotton
Name one way enslaved Africans resisted during the Middle Passage.
Rebellion/refusal to eat/suicide
Name one long-term political effect of the slave trade in Africa?
Weakened kingdoms/empires
The triangular trade connected these three continents.
Europe, Africa, Americas